Tag: Legal

05/08/24 9:36 PM

Ex-Las Vegas casino exec Sibella receives probation in illegal-bookie case

  • John L. Smith, CDC Gaming
Former MGM Grand President Scott Sibella was sentenced to probation and ordered to pay a fine Wednesday afternoon in a Los Angeles... more
05/08/24 8:46 PM

Shohei Ohtani’s ex-interpreter Ippei Mizuhara will plead guilty in betting case

  • Christopher Weber and Stefanie Dazio, Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The former interpreter for Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani has agreed to plead guilty to bank and tax fraud in a... more
05/08/24 2:44 PM

A Cambodian court sentences a union leader to 18 months in prison for comments on Facebook

  • Christopher Weber and Ken Ritter, Associated Press
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — A Cambodian labor union leader has been sentenced to 18 months in prison in connection with comments he made in... more
05/03/24 10:32 AM

Cambodia’s Supreme Court upholds the 2-year prison sentence of a casino strike leader

  • Sopheng Cheang, Associated Press
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Cambodia’s Supreme Court on Friday upheld the two-year prison sentence of a labor union leader who led a... more
04/29/24 8:20 PM

New Jersey AG, casino workers union ask judge to dismiss anti-smoking lawsuit targeting Atlantic City casinos

  • Wayne Parry, Associated Press
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Atlantic City’s main casino workers union and the New Jersey attorney general on Monday asked a judge to dismiss... more
04/28/24 4:03 PM

Quick decision possible in lawsuit over New Jersey casino smoking rule

  • Mark Gruetze, CDC Gaming
A court is being asked to give Atlantic City gaming floor workers something they’ve long been denied: a smoke-free workplace, backed by the... more
04/26/24 3:43 PM

Athletes tied to Iowa gambling sting seek damages in civil lawsuit against state and investigators

  • Eric Olson, Associated Press
Attorneys for more than two dozen Iowa and Iowa State athletes who were ensnared in a state gambling sting filed a civil lawsuit Friday... more
04/13/24 12:09 PM

Ohtani’s ex-interpreter, charged with fraud, must get gambling addiction treatment, judge says

  • Stefanie Dazio, Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani’s former longtime interpreter agreed Friday to undergo court-ordered gambling... more
04/05/24 2:54 PM

Workers sue over law exempting Atlantic City casinos from indoor smoking ban

  • Wayne Parry, Associated Press
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Frustrated at having unsuccessfully agitated for over three years to get lawmakers to ban smoking in Atlantic City... more
04/05/24 2:28 PM

U.S. government asks Supreme Court for second extension in Florida wagering case

  • Mia Doyle, Special to CDC Gaming
U.S. Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar on Thursday asked the U.S. Supreme Court for a second extension to file a response in the case of... more